Ideal Number Definition
noun
An algebraic integer that represents an ideal in the ring of integers of a number field .
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Origin of Ideal Number
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Apparently a calque of German IDEAL NUMBER ideale Zahl , a concept in number theory developed by German mathematician Ernst Kummer (1810—1893) and later incorporated by Richard Dedekind into the ring theory concept of ideal .
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